In addition to the good attendance, the year 2022 was marked by the excellent economic benefits of the tourists present in Île-de-France. GONZALO FUENTES/REUTERS
The 44.1 million visitors registered last year spent more than in previous years.
The burnt garbage cans and the images of battle between demonstrators and police in the streets of Paris are not the best publicity for the City of Light among foreign tourists. “It does not give a good image, necessarilynotes Christophe Decloux, director general of the Paris Île-de-France regional tourism committee (CRT). But, at this time, we are not seeing any cancellations or even postponements.”
However, this episode should not last too long, especially for garbage collection, a particularly disturbing element for Japanese tourists, in particular. “This is not the first crisis we have had to face”, however, relativizes the leader. And to recall that the “yellow vests” episode had no impact in terms of performance since the year 2019, where Parisian weekends were frequently disrupted by their violent demonstrations, allowed the Île-de- France to record its best historical performance with 51 million…
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